Definition for Dawdle:

• To go trifling about a thing.

Synonyms for Dawdle:

• n.

  •
  • fast.
  •
  • industrious,
  • idle,
  • waste,
  • trifle away,
  • while,
  • wile,
  • fiddle away.
  •dawdle (noun)
  • dally.

• v.

  •delay; waste time (verb)
  • bum around,
  • lazy,
  • warm a chair,
  • laze,
  • hang around,
  • loaf,
  • wait,
  • scrounge around,
  • saunter,
  • fritter away,
  • toddle,
  • stroll,
  • diddle-daddle,
  • tarry,
  • shlep along,
  • mosey,
  • stay.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • filibuster,
  • vacillate,
  • stall,
  • hesitate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chug,
  • sidle,
  • potter.
  •
  • swan.
  •
  • nudge,
  • meander.
  •
  • inch.
  •
  • drift.
  •
  • ease.
  •
  • process.
  •
  • float.
  •
  • draw.
  •mess around
  • muck around.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dormouse,
  • be late,
  • coquet,
  • temporize,
  • hang back,
  • stick-in-the-mud,
  • retrogress,
  • lallygag,
  • perambulate,
  • Lubbard,
  • egotistic,
  • demur,
  • muck about,
  • fruitless,
  • lounge about,
  • philander,
  • recidivate,
  • inactive,
  • recede,
  • mill about,
  • mill around,
  • yielding,
  • footle,
  • swither,
  • See-saw,
  • dallier,
  • shuffle,
  • ramble,
  • hang,
  • resort,
  • halt,
  • gaol,
  • procrastinator,
  • mess about,
  • hobble,
  • absorbent,
  • goldbricker,
  • dither,
  • hold everything,
  • goof,
  • lie-abed,
  • draw out,
  • waddle,
  • lurk,
  • dawdler,
  • Fribble,
  • yo-yo,
  • dummy,
  • lotus-eater,
  • sluggard,
  • kill,
  • stand over,
  • doodle,
  • circumambulate,
  • backslide,
  • truant,
  • moper,
  • drone,
  • boggle,
  • swollen,
  • lumber,
  • joke,
  • buttocks,
  • faineant,
  • hem and haw,
  • range,
  • flag,
  • incarcerate,
  • hack,
  • putter around,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • abide,
  • grovel,
  • jaunt,
  • enact,
  • loafer,
  • toy,
  • hedge,
  • linger on,
  • lollygag,
  • hold on,
  • jail,
  • drag along,
  • be about,
  • bloated,
  • trifler,
  • sleepyhead,
  • trotter,
  • prowl,
  • do-nothing,
  • roam,
  • mooch,
  • drop behind,
  • voyage,
  • sloucher,
  • dander,
  • falter,
  • linger over,
  • lug,
  • Diddler,
  • fundament,
  • jug,
  • slouch,
  • loiterer,
  • relapse,
  • fool,
  • pause,
  • lazybones,
  • lollop,
  • plodder,
  • hang fire,
  • Weary Willie,
  • Haver,
  • idler,
  • hang about,
  • hum and haw,
  • peregrinate,
  • squashy,
  • putter,
  • hindquarters,
  • lubber,
  • prevaricate,
  • recur,
  • walk,
  • stray,
  • derriere,
  • retire,
  • balance,
  • lounger,
  • mark time,
  • spongy,
  • waver,
  • proceed slowly,
  • lark about,
  • draw up,
  • play,
  • wander,
  • goldbrick,
  • bide,
  • permeable,
  • bum,
  • bootless,
  • bide one's time,
  • crumb,
  • sit tight,
  • butt,
  • dillydally,
  • imprison,
  • put away,
  • lose,
  • lag behind,
  • pass,
  • clock watcher,
  • tortoise,
  • shamble,
  • continue,
  • Droil,
  • alternate,
  • butterfly,
  • turgid,
  • scamp,
  • bombastic,
  • be inactive,
  • immure,
  • snail,
  • hover,
  • slumberer,
  • mince,
  • conceited,
  • lingerer,
  • sit up,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • inactivity,
  • lie over,
  • compromise,
  • rove,
  • put behind bars,
  • slowpoke,
  • putterer,
  • gallivant,
  • fanny,
  • hang on,
  • lengthen,
  • cyst,
  • play for time,
  • Draggle,
  • soggy,
  • microphone,
  • time,
  • get behind,
  • equivocate,
  • declamatory,
  • give the run-around,
  • dolittle,
  • bugger about,
  • defer,
  • stay up,
  • Wabble,
  • think twice about,
  • buns,
  • stagger,
  • traipse,
  • lazzarone,
  • puffy,
  • laggard,
  • soft,
  • lagging,
  • cruise,
  • slowly,
  • Mopus,
  • follow,
  • Loller,
  • skulk,
  • hobo,
  • walk slowly,
  • stretch out,
  • mope,
  • dawdling,
  • lie about,
  • fluctuate,
  • hang in suspense,
  • mash,
  • mike,
  • sleeping partner,
  • revert,
  • await,
  • remain,
  • be lost,
  • slug,
  • come close to,
  • go halfway,
  • chat up,
  • tergiversate,
  • dally with,
  • vain,
  • doodler,
  • egotistical,
  • wait and see,
  • porous,
  • squishy,
  • regress,
  • flirt,
  • perform,
  • hold your horses,
  • debate,
  • backside,
  • stonewall,
  • drawl,
  • extend,
  • limp,
  • travel,
  • goof-off,
  • elapse,
  • vesicle,
  • spin out,
  • dwell on,
  • chill,
  • prolong,
  • potterer,
  • drop,
  • coquette,
  • ass,
  • bottom,
  • stiff,
  • spongelike,
  • dillydallier,
  • time waster,
  • blister,
  • drag out,
  • scapegrace,
  • teeter-totter,
  • lapse,
  • jest,
  • marmot,
  • romance,
  • slugabed,
  • layabout,
  • be afraid,
  • bugger.

Antonyms for Dawdle:

• v.

  • delay; waste time
    forward, hasten, run, speed, go, push, DO, hurry, rush.
  • Other antonyms:
    drudge, sweat, course, put out, outstrip, hump, exert, grub, plow, zip, peg, outrun, jog, grind, overtake, scud, travail, breeze, plod, toil, rip, dart, whiz, dash, bowl, moil, hustle, plug, work, trot, tear, barrel, whirl, quicken, labor, scramble, whisk, accelerate, catch up, outpace, stampede.

Homophones for Dawdle:

• dally, doddle, dolly, dal, dowel, doodle, deadly, dell, dl, detail, dahl, dail, dottle, dhal, delhi, deal, dual, dill, dol, diddle, dale, douala, doyly, dalea, doyley, do well, delay, dle, diol, dahlia, deli, dull, dali, doily, deathly, Daedal, dalo, day lily, duly, dottily, death toll, dial, dole, dowdily, dwell, duel, daily, doll, dhole, delilah, daylily.

Hyponym for Dawdle:

• v.

  • motion
    move.